Jccc has facility to trigger email request for article to inter library loan centers as well as to inflibnet centre. Ugc infonet digital library consortium the ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants commission ugc to bring qualitative change in academic libraries in india. Frequency of use of ugc infonet digital library consortium data presented in table7 indicate the faculty wise respondents frequency of ugc infonet digital library consortium visits. Background eshodhsindhu was formed with merger of three consortia, namely ugc infonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium in december 2015. Digital library consortium, nlist, indest aicet consortium, digital india. Ugc infonet programme started for to provide scholarly journals in the minimum prices to its members libraries. The inflibnet centre has been assigned the responsibility for execution and operation of eshodh sindhu. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugcinfonet.
Pdf 489 usage of electronic resources available under. Ugc infonet is an ambitious programme of ugc to interlink all the universities in the country with stateofart technology. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium is the most important consortium providing access to a large array of eresources to all academic universities and colleges in india, and thus facilitates the prompt access and efficient and effective usage of eresources for teaching and research activities. This paper explain the terms and definitions of electronic resources eresource, in ugc. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium subscribes to the following resources for. Dec 05, 2020 consortium, pdf access to ejournals through ugc infonet digital, utilization of ugcinfonet ejournal access, guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium.
A user can also choose an option from the dropdown menu to view the articles by various types. One of the special features of this library is united nations depository and world public information. Ugc infonet digital library consortium under the auspices of ugc and the inflibnet information and library network centre, ahmedabad emerged as gateway for reaching the academic community with the scholarly online resources in india since 2004 at free of cost. Ugc infonet digital library consortium scholarly information is being given free of cost to more than 150 universities. International journal of library and information studies. It attempts to search newlinethe problems and find out solutions of university library users i. The project entitled national library and information services infrastructure for scholarly contentnlist, graduated as a regular scheme of ugc under ugc infonet digital library consortium as college component, is merged into e shodhsindhu. Pdf usage of ugc infonet digital library consortium. Utilisation and satisfaction on ugcinfonet ejournals by faculty. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of university grants commission ugc to bring qualitative change in academic libraries in india.
Library consortium ugc infonet digital library consortium indestaicte consortium digital. Pdf ugc infonet digital library consortiuman overview. International journal of library and information studies use. Shodhsindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugc infonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Library consortia in india with special reference to ugc. Library subscribes around 400 research journals in print and 5000 in electronic form through ugc infonet digital library consortium and also it has back volumes of periodicals, reports, theses and dissertations submitted to karnatak university. Guidelines for ugc infonet digital library consortium. A p j abdul kalam, the then president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugcinfonet programme. What is your purpose to using ug c infonet digital library consortim eresources. On behalf of ugc, inflibnet is executing the ugc infonet project in collaboration with ernet.
Aug 06, 20 the ugc infonet mainly provides internet bandwidth, a prerequisite for delivery of scholarly content subscribed through the ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Various modes of subscription of eresources by the libraries. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium by the. Ejournals valued to the research activity has accelerated usage of the research material in academic libraries. A sample size of sixty five alagappa university central library users was selected by random sampling method. Proceedings of the international conference on digital libraries icdl 2004. Pdf role of library consortia in resource sharing and its. Eresources and consortia management central library, iit delhi. The ugc infonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered. The paper highlights the important survey findings in respect of internet awareness, internet use pattern and attitude of library users towards the electronic resources, which have been made available to them under ugc infonet digital library consortium. The last few years, the ugc infonet digital library consortium has been providing indian universities with electrical access to national and international scholarly journals.
Ugc infonet digital library consortium under the auspices of ugc and the inflibnet information and library network centre, ahmedabad emerged as gateway for reaching the academic community with the scholarly online resources in india since 2004 at. It was formally launched in december 2003 by honorable dr. General articles impact of access to eresources through. Library, characteristics of digital library and indian library networks for e. Dec 01, 20 ugcinfonet digital library consortium history. Under this program the universities have been provided connectivity with the assistance of ernet. The ugc infonet is a major initiative of university grants commission ugc to make use of the benefits of information and communication technology ict to all the universities and colleges across the country. Research journals provide theoretical background and help the research at the higher education level. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered. Ugc infonet digital library consortium is a boon for indian universities. The scheme has now been extended to 200 universities and 6 interuniversity centres of the ugc. Pdf assessment of implementation of eresources project. The ugc infonet digital library consortium, launched in 2004, provides differential access to 5,790 journals to 160 universities covered under 12b act of the ugc. Introduction today we are living in information explosion period, with the help of electronic resources users.
This uses the infrasrusture education and research network ernet. Knowledge, access and effective use of ugcinfonet ejournals by. Consortium, 23 icast consortium, 24 and ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet digital library consortium is an innovative project launched by ugc to provide access of full text electronic resources and bibliographic databases to the research and academic community in india.
International journal of library and information science academic. The consortium has also launched associate membership. The ugc infonet mainly provides internet bandwidth, a prerequisite for delivery of scholary content subscribed through the ugcinfonet digital library consortium. A p j abdul kalam, the then president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugc infonet programme. Mar 12, 2017 the ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. This paper describes briefly a survey conducted at alagappa university, central library, karaikudi to find out the information access pattern of the users through ugc infonet digital library consortium s journals.
Ugc and university guidelines to submit one eform of each. Infonet digital library consortium followed by the aims and. Ugcinfonet digital library the consortium offered access to current as well as. It was formally launched in december, 2003 by honorable dr. Ugcinfonet ejournals ugcinfonet digital library consortium. The data required for the study was collected through a questionnaire. Based on the recommendation of an expert committee, the ministry of hrd now renamed as ministry of education has formed eshodhsindhu merging three consortia initiatives, namely ugc infonet digital library consortium, nlist and indestaicte consortium. Ugc infonet digital library the consortium offered access to current as well as. Users can select journals of their choice by searching by.
Ugc infonet digital library periyar university library signed mou with inflibnet for establishing ugc infonet digital library and to access eresources available in the ugc infonet digital library consortium. Assessment of implementation of eresources project raf under ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet digital library consortium and the social science research output among select indian universities an impact study. Library consortium is an association of a group of libraries to achieve. How frequent do you use ugc infonet digital library consortium. Usage of eresources in himachal pradesh university, shimla. The article discusses the recent literature on resourcesharing through interlibrary loan and document delivery service practice in. Ugc infonet ejournals consortium the university grants commission ugc has initiated a programme to provide electronic access. Eshodh sindhu provide access to centrallyfunded technical institutions, universities and colleges that are. Published in proceedings of national conference on digital library and. A p j abdul kalam, the president of india in december, 20032. Eresources, ejournals, awareness and use, libraries. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched by honorable dr. Inflibnet and ugc infonet digital library consortium ipp.
The present study focuses on the usage impact of eresources accessible through ugc infonet digital library consortium on the campus of the maharaja sayajirao university of baroda. Role of ugc in library and information science jagannath v. The mhrd on 1 st december, 2015 has merged ugc infonet digital library consortium, indestaicte consortium and nlist programme into eshodh sindhu. It could be noted that majority of the science faculty members 35. Out of 319 respondents, maximum number of respondents 224 70% is aware of availability of eresources under ugc infonet digital library consortium whereas 67 21.
The ugc infonet digital library consortium provides current as well as. Introduction the ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of ugc to bring. Abdul kalam, the then president of india, soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the. Indian digital library in the engineering and technology consortium indest consortium. The university grants commission ugc was established by parliaments actions in. Section 12b of ugc act as well as nonaided colleges from 2010 to 20. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by. Ugc infonet ppt, ugc infonet established, write an essay on service of ugc infonet, ugc infonet consortium pdf, ugc infonet digital library is, ugc infonet network is run and managed by, ugc digital library consortium was launched by, inflibnet e resources, use of ugc infonet ejournals by research scholars, usage of electronic journals. Published in proceedings of national conference on digital library and etheses ncdlet 2005 held. Evaluating the awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library.
A p j abdul kalam, the president of india soon after providing the internet onnectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugc infonet programme. The consortium is known as ugcinfonet digital library consortium. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. Digital library and library networks in india research india. Categories library and society tags advantages of library consortium, csir e journal consortium. It is a national initiative for providing access to scholarly electronic resources including more. Ugc infonet digital library consortium was not considered feasible for the colleges and practically it was possible to give access to them through the consortium. Indian universities are taking benefit of it from 2004. Library with special reference to ugcinfonet digital library consortium. A p j abdul kalam, the president of india soon after providing the internet connectivity to the universities in the year 2003 under the ugc infonet programme. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. The service offers the following facilities and benefits to users. Ugc infonet digital library consortium members have got access to 1048 full text e journals from vol. An initiative for digital resources consortium for university libraries in bangladesh.
Ugc infonet consortium is one of the land mark achievement in the field of higher education in. Abdul kalam, the then president of india, in december 2003. Saroja kumar panda abstract ugc infonet digital library consortium is the most ef the purpose of the article is to analyze the feedbacks or fective consortia under ugc, india has been setting a model members assessments of ugc infonet digital library con for indian universities. Awareness and usage of ugcinfonet digital library consortium. Aug 10, 2017 through ugc infonet digital library consortium access has been provided to large number of scholarly journals with assumption that broader, faster, better access makes more use of information. Ugc infnet digital library consortium shivaji university. The programme was absorbed under ugc infonet digital library consortium as college component from year 2014 being funded by ugc. Analytical study of title wise usage of ugc infonet.
Electronic resources usage statistics of this university is analyzed to cater the shortcomings in the available eresources facility. The access to ejournal consortia was started in october 1, 2003 when the users started getting access to these resources on trial basis for three months. New initiatives vyas h e channel ugc infonet consortium based subs performance radars p i h e a d setting up new n i sc h e information system promotion of k b e i h l ugc infonet ugc is modernizing the university campuses with stateoftheart campus wide networks and setting up its own nationwide communication network named ugcinfonet. The article describes major activities, operations, and services of ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc has takenup the task of networking university campuses with the stateoftheart campus wide networks under the ugc infonet connectivity program. Csirjournal consortium, helinethealth science library and information network, cera consortium for eresources in agriculture4.
Guidelines for ugcinfonet digital library consortium during. Pdf the last few years, the ugc infonet digital library consortium has been providing indian universities with electrical access to national. Electronic resources represent a significant and growing part of the academic librarys offerings. A comparative study of growth and development of library consortium in india with special reference to the indest aicte consortium and ugc infonet digital library consortium. Ugc infonet digital library consortium inflibnet centre 4 on clicking at the name of the journal, homepage of the journal is displayed.
University grants commission ugc located at gujarat university campus, ahmedabad. Chauhan a, preeti mahajan b a jaipuria institute of management, a32 a, sector 62, noida, uttar. The ugc infonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003. A user can select an issue of the journal to go to the table of content. Himachal pradesh university is one amongst the beneficiaries of this program. Indira gandhi national open university ignou recruitment 2020 assistant registrar and security officer post. Rguhshealth science library and information network helinet 2003. Awareness and use of ugcinfonet digital library consortium e. Feb 26, 2014 the ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. Pdf 489 usage of electronic resources available under ugc. The program was launched in 2002 to bring about a qualitative change in the academic infrastructure, especially for higher education.
Use of electronic journals by doctoral research scholars of goa. Emphasizing the significance of consortium, arora and agarwal 2004 among the above, ugc infonet digital library consortium came out as a super gateway to scholarly resources and proved exemplary for facilitating thousands of scholarly resources to indian academic community and striving hard to provide several valued services ever since it has. The present paper is an attempt to study the use of ugc infonet digital library consortium by pg students and. General articles impact of access to eresources through the. Scholarly information access pattern of ugcinfonet digital.
Ugc infonet ugc has a consortium for electronic journals through ugc infonet. The ugcinfonet digital library consortium was formally launched in december, 2003 by honourable dr. The consortium provides current as well as archival access to more than 4500 core. This study evaluates use and effectiveness of ugc infonet digital library newlineconsortium of eight nonagricultural universities in maharashtra. The e journals programme is a cornerstone of the ugcinfonet effort, which aims at. Ugc infonet digital library consortium this consortium is the front runner among the library consortia in india.
Ejournals, eresources, consortium, web based access, ugc infonet consortia. Ugcinfonet ejournal consortium free online nta ugc net. Commission and inflibnet jointly launched ugcinfonet digital library consortium in. More than 15,000 international electronic journals and ebooks are made available to all the higher educational institutions through the e shodh sindhu initiative. Abdul kalam, the then president of india, soon after providing the internet connectivity to the. Universities that come under the purview of the university grants commission ugc, government of india, become members of ugc infonet digital library consortium. The ugc infonet digital library consortium is major initiative of ugc to bring qualitative change in academic world in india.
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